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The difference between FFC and FPC Connectors(1)

Author:Danny / time:2018-08-02 / The number of clicks:1147

With the wide application of mobile communication products, the popular micro consumer electronics, FPC/FPC CONNECTORS are long valued by different enterprises for their functionality and practicability. From their primary fields of application (i.e., military, aerial), FFC and FPC connectors have been further applied in broader civil fields such as electrical, automobile and medication. Analysts believe that the FPC/FFC connector market holds a promising future with the increasing demand for new applications. The market is expected to experience an annual surge of up to 10%, and is perceived as a rough diamond in the connector field.


The FPC CONNECTORS, also known as “Flexible Printed Circuit”is normally referred to as “FPC” or “Flexible Circuit” by business insiders. It is widely used in consumer electronic products such as mobile phones, digital cameras, notebooks, PDAs, LCMs and LCDs. It is flexible, thin and light with high intensity. The FPC connector is made of polyimide or polyester film base materials, creating a functional connector composed of foldable, bendable and highly reliable quality flexible printed circuit. Its characteristics include: 1. Foldability, bendability, windability with ability to move, expand and contract three-dimensionally; 2. Good heat dissipation to reduce actual volume needed effectively for the application of FPC components; 3. High intensity, light, microminiaturization and thinning to achieve integration that connects components to a connecting device. Field of application for FPC connectors: Mobile phones, MP3s, MP4s, digital cameras, notebooks, batteries, hard disks, automobiles, medication, aviation and aerospace, etc. FPC has become an important piece of epoxy copper clad laminate. It uses epoxy copper clad laminate as basic material for better flexibility, and is gradually becoming the main element in the development of epoxy copper clad laminates. Despite being introduced recently, its market holds great promise.


It has been more than 30 years since the development of epoxy-based flexible printed circuit board in industrial production application. Since FPC has become important to industrial mass-production, and the newly invented polyimide film has been applied in the production and manufacturing of printed circuit boards, manufacturers have come to develop the binder-free FPC circuit board, which is more commonly known as the “double-layer FPC” circuit board. With the innovative and advanced development of photosensitive cover films applicable to high intensity circuit boards, such films prompted major changes in the design functions of FPC connectors. High intensity and flexible FPC connectors have been developed to adapt to multiple product applications in more emerging fields. The more refined the circuit patterns, the higher the intensity. These FPC CONNECTORS are constantly reviewed so they can adapt to updated and higher market requirements, overtaking emerging markets of consumer electronic goods.

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